Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)

What is the Integrated Facility for Linux?

IBM® Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) is a processor dedicated to Linux workloads on IBM Z®. It is supported by the Linux operating system for IBM Z, IBM z/VM® with IBM Wave for z/VM, KVM and container technologies. The IBM z14® offers massive processing capacity with up to 170 user-configurable IFLs on one server, up to 30 IFLs are possible on the z14 Model ZR1.